Travel case



y 1953 w. M. TULLER 2,638,192

TRAVEL CASE Filed March 17, 1952 2 Sheets-sheaf, 1

Walter M. Taller INVENTOR.

May 12, 1953 Filed March 17, 1952 W. M. TULLER TRAVEL CASE 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Walter M. Tuller INVENTOR.

Patented May 12, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TRAVEL CASE Walter M.Tuller, Washington, D. 0.

Application March 17, 1952, Serial N 0. 276,976 (Cl. 190-52) 1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in luggage,and more particularly to a travel case constructed to provide individualcompartments for holding hats, shoes, bedroom slippers and similararticles of apparel separated from each other to prevent crushing orsoiling of the articles during handling of the case.

An important object of the invention is to partition the interior of thecase to form a plurality of compartments therein and including a pair ofcompartments at the sides of the case shaped for closely fitting a shoetherein in an edgewise position, while the partitions further form acentral compartment to receive the crown of a hat with its brim restingon and supported by the means presently described; and further toconstruct the partitions to form a relatively narrow, transverselyextending compartment at the front of the case to hold bedroom slippers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lid for the top of thecase to afford access to the shoe and hat compartments and a downwardlyswinging door at the front of the case to afford access to the slippercompartment.

A further object is to provide the shoe and slipper compartment withstraps which are fixed in the compartment and adapted to hold therespective articles from movement therein.

' A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive inappearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the lid and door in openposition;

Figure 2 is a top plan view with the lid open;

Figures 3 and 4 are sectional views taken respectively on the lines 3-3and 4--4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified case construction with thelid and door shown closed.

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

wherein, for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferredembodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a substantiallybox-like case generally which may be constructed of suitable material,such as light-weight wood or the like, and including a hinged lid 6closing 2 the top of the case and supported in a raised position by afolding brace I. The front of the case is provided with a door 8 whichis hinged at its lower edge to swing downwardly into an open position,as shown in, Figure l of thedrawing.

A pair of partitions 9 are cemented or otherwise suitably secured in thecase in spaced paral-- lel relation to each other to extend from therear wall Hi to a transverse partition ll positioned behind the door 8in spaced relation therefrom. The partitions 9 are inclined with respectto the side walls of the case to form a pair of side compartments l2 andI3, each having a narrow end and a relatively wide end, and a centralcompartment I4. The transverse partition ll forms a front compartment15.

'The compartments I2 and [3 are shaped to snugly receive a shoe l6 whenplaced on its side in the compartment and with the toe of the shoepositioned in the narrower end of the compartment and with the heel ofthe shoe positioned in the wide end of the compartment, as shown inFigure 2 of the drawing, while the front compartment I5 is adapted toreceive a pair of soft bedroom slippers I1. Each of the compartments l2,l3 and I5 is provided with aleather or other suitable strap 18 which isriveted or otherwise suitably anchored inside the compartment andadapted to hold the article from movement therein.

A rear shelf [9 is cemented or otherwise suitably secured on the upperrear edge of the partitions 9 and a front transverse shelf 20 issimilarly secured on the upper front edges of the partitions 9 and onwhich the brim 2| of a hat is adapted to rest while the crown of the hatis positioned between the partitions 9 in the compartment [4. The shelf20 fits in said member 5 between the sides of said member and therebyforms a means supplementing the cement for holding the partitions 9 inplace. i

A suitable fastener 22 at the front edge of the lid 6 and at the upperedge of the door 8 mutually holds the lid and door in a closed position.

When the lid 6 is raised into its open position. as shown in Figure l ofthe drawing, access is afforded to the central and side compartments I2,l3 and [4 for placing the articles therein and removing the sametherefrom, and by swinging the door 8 downwardly, access is afforded tothe front compartment [5.

The case 5, constructed as shown in Figures 1 luggage, or otherwisecarried, while in Figure 5 I have illustrated a case 23 finished as apiece of luggage and provided with a handle 24.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described the invention, What claimed as new is:

An apparel case comprising a box-like member, a door closing the frontof the case, a lid closing the top of the case, a pair of spaced apartparallel partitions in the case inclined with respect to the sides ofthe case to form a pair of side compartments and a central compartment,each of said side compartments having a relatively narrow end and arelatively wide end adapted to substantially conform to a shoe placed onits side in the compartment, a strap fixed in each of said sidecompartments and adapted to embrace the shoe contained therein, andfront and rear shelves fixed on top of said pair of partitions spacedapart to support the brim of an inverted hat and accommodatetherebetween the crown of the hat positioned in the central compartment,at leastone of said shelves fitting in said member between the sides ofthe member and forming a means holding the partitions in place.

WALTER M. TULLER.

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